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Saga Duel of the Fates: screenplay rewrite

Discussion in 'Fan Fiction- Before, Saga, and Beyond' started by jasperjones, Jun 14, 2010.

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    jasperjones Jedi Padawan star 4

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    I wanted to stay fairly close to to some elements of George's vision but not so close to others. It should read a little like a short film version of a SW film, complete with it's own serial style crawl. Some ideas are taken from the ART of Sith book, some from the film itself, some from the vision of Anakin, Kenobi and Bail that had always been hinted at but not necessarily shown. Hope you enjoy!



    THE DUEL OF THE FATES

    The Fate of the Galaxy hangs in the
    balance. PALPATINE?S new EMPIRE has the
    dying REPUBLIC in its iron grip...

    The JEDI, deceived and manipulated by the
    EMPEROR, have been outlawed, branded as
    traitors and hunted down in the
    devastating PURGE of ORDER 66...

    MASTER YODA has been defeated by
    Paplatine, fleeing for his life into the
    farthest reaches of the galaxy. The
    Jedi?s greatest hero, ANAKIN SKYWALKER,
    has fallen...

    Tormented by nightmare visions of a
    future he believes only a Sith Lord can
    prevent, he has been seduced by the DARK
    SIDE of the FORCE. Reborn as DARTH
    VADER...

    Holding a heart-broken, dying PADME on
    the fiery planet of MUSTAFAR, he gives
    himself over to the lure of the DARK SIDE
    in a desperate attempt to save her from
    the death he has foreseen...

    At the same time, Jedi Master OBI-WAN
    KENOBI races through hyper-space in a
    last-ditch bid to save both Anakin and
    the Galaxy from succumbing to the
    darkness forever...

    EXT. SPACE/ MUSTAFAR ATMOSPHERE - NIGHT

    A vast sea of stars above the fiery red planet MUSTAFAR.
    A battered, HI-JACKED SHUTTLE drops out of LIGHTSPEED and
    limps through the orbiting IMPERIAL ARMADA.

    INT. IMPERIAL SHUTTLE - CONTINUOUS

    Kenobi and Bail look out in awe and dread at the amassing
    fleet. Colossal STAR DESTROYERS knifing through the void.
    Fighters roaring past.

    BAIL
    Talk about into the Krayt?s lair...

    Jacked into the systems console, ARTOO beeps.

    THREEPIO
    Artoo says he?s successfully jammed the
    ship?s transmission signal.
    As far as any scanners are concerned, the
    ship now shows no life forms.

    BAIL
    If they look any closer there won?t be.
    (Kenobi is staring at the
    planet)
    You ready, General?

    Kenobi stares at the planet a moment longer. He knows
    what awaits him on that fiery surface.

    EXT. IMPERIAL SHIP YARDS/ MUSTAFAR SKIES - NIGHT

    The shuttle streaks through the atmosphere into the FIRE
    and SMOKE of the Mustafar night sky. Towering VOLCANOS of
    obsidian rock spray molten LAVA into the hellish air.

    Wide, burning rivers channel the liquid ore into the
    IMPERIAL SHIP YARDS: Ugly, squat manufacturing factories
    which use the lava in the construction of the monstrous
    Star Destroyers.

    Long lanes of wrecked and damaged starships limp towards
    the burning maw of the largest volcano to be melted down
    and re-used in the building of new weapons of conquest.

    INT. HI-JACKED SHUTTLE/ MUSTAFAR SKIES - NIGHT

    Bail pilots the shuttle into the junk lanes. Just another
    doomed ship en route to a fiery demise.

    They cruise past the vast mounted defence platforms,
    built into the cliff walls. Past the huge quad lasers.
    Bail watches anxiously. Kenobi?s brow is furrowed in
    concentration. Artoo whistles.

    THREEPIO
    Artoo has located mistress Padme. She?s
    being held in the medical facility.

    BAIL
    (in disgust)
    Held...

    Kenobi bows his head.

    THREEPIO
    Oh, I do hope we?re not too late.

    Artoo emits a sad moan.

    INT. MED-BAY/ IMPERIAL SHIP YARDS/ MUSTAFAR - NIGHT

    Tears of anguish and defiance streak Padme?s face as she
    is strapped into a MED-BAY bay by cold, faceless MEDICAL
    DROIDS. Her pleading eyes fix on the imposing, impassive
    figure watching from the shadows. Once ANAKIN SKYWALKER,
    now DARTH VADER. Lit only by the red glow of the med-
    consoles his handsome features betray nothing.

    PADME
    Anakin, please....

    The hawkish IMPERIAL DOCTOR FASS primes a hypo-needle.

    VADER
    If anything happens to them...

    He glances nervously at the Sith Lord.

    FASS
    Y-yes, Lord Vader.

    Padme struggles against the binders.

    PADME
    Why are you doing this?
    (Vader looks at her)
    Why?!

    Vader looks down at his wife
     
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